--- title: Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all o… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. Who acts: Aladdin. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Aladdin), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:12:13 # text = Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Aladdin Aladdin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sights sight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | Aladdin | a fine suit of clothes | Aladdin | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent aladdin=Beneficiary suit=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Aladdin *not said here* | | Aladdin | the city | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **show** | gerund | Aladdin *not said here* | the sights | Aladdin | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sight=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | past | Aladdin *not said here* | Aladdin | Aladdin's mother | nightfall | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to mother=Destination | | 5 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | Aladdin's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | mother's son | | | | fine *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/14/) - ↑ back to [Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/)